Policing The Malacca Straits

July 2005 | Political Risk Analysis

Indonesia is coming under renewed foreign pressure to accept outside assistance in policing the Malacca Straits, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. On June 5, Malaysia's deputy prime minister, Najib Razak, told a regional security conference in Singapore that 'Malaysia believes in the need for greater cooperation and wider support - be it financial, operational, or strategic - in enhancing security in the Straits of Malacca'. Razak ruled out foreign naval patrols, but his remarks have been seen as a softening of Malaysia's long-held policy of rejecting foreign help in policing the straits. They leave Indonesia, which has also

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